Voices of Search // A Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Content Marketing Podcast

Jason Lax, Technical SEO Senior Specialist at SAP, delves into AI’s impact on spam and scaling technical SEO. Managing a vast number of URLs presents unique challenges and opportunities for optimization. From geo-tagging for a global audience to building relationships and getting buy-in and support for SEO from other teams, success requires a combination of technical expertise, clear communication, and a willingness to experiment and adapt. Today, Jason discusses scaling technical SEO for millions of URLs.

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•  Jason Lax: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Jason Lax, Technical SEO Senior Specialist at SAP, delves into AI’s impact on spam and scaling technical SEO. While the end goal of spammers remains the same - getting links - AI is facilitating more sophisticated approaches to bypassing our current detection tools. Ultimately, AI is scaling spam at an unprecedented level and we must employ constant vigilance and monitoring to protect our websites against attacks. Today, Jason discusses spam in the age of AI.

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•  Jason Lax: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Alex Silverberg, President and SEO Strategist at APSEO, delves into taxonomy for large websites. Websites rely on a strong foundation to function effectively. Site architecture, or taxonomy, plays a vital role in user experience and even how search engines crawl and understand your site. Without proper taxonomy, users are unable to find what they're looking for, and search engines can’t understand the relationship between your pages. Today, Alex discusses the importance of taxonomy for large websites.

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•  Alex Silverberg: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Alex Silverberg, President and SEO Strategist at APSEO, delves into Google’s SGE. SEO is constantly evolving, and a new wave of change is on the horizon with Google's Search Generative Experience (SGE). While high-quality content remains king in this new search landscape, optimizing for SGE requires a new focus on schema markup and structured data to make it easy for search engines to attribute value to your site. Today, Alex discusses how to optimize for SGE.

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•  Alex Silverberg: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Matthew Edgar, Partner and Technical SEO Consultant at Elementive, delves into technical SEO and user experience. Understanding the intricate relationship between website speed, SEO performance, and user experience is pivotal today. As users demand faster loading times and search engines prioritize user-centric metrics, measuring how speed impacts SEO and user experience is imperative for maintaining online visibility and satisfying audience expectations. Today, Matthew discusses measuring how speed impacts SEO and user experience.

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•  Matthew Edgar: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Matthew Edgar, Partner and Technical SEO Consultant at Elementive, delves into technical SEO and user experience. Despite the misconceptions surrounding core web vitals, they are not the biggest ranking factor. However, in an age where search engines are prioritizing user experience, we must ensure that our websites provide a positive experience for visitors when they click in from a search result. Today, Matthew discusses how core web vitals affect SEO.

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•  Matthew Edgar: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Jeff Baker, Owner and Founder of BakerSEO, talks about interaction signals. The ultimate goal of creating content for SEO is to achieve better positions, higher click-through rates, and more opportunities to convert your audience to your service and product landing pages. Fortunately, the SERPs provide you with a perfect guide to what's working and how people are voting with their clicks. Today, Jeff discusses why interaction signals matter. Show Notes

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•  Jeff Baker: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Jeff Baker, Owner and Founder of BakerSEO, talks about how old SEO signals have become table stakes. In today's world, where tools like MarketMuse and Clearscope are readily available, checking the boxes for on-page technical SEO and a strong inbound link profile is no longer sufficient for ranking. Instead, what matters is how users engage with your content and the metrics your content sends to Google. Today, Jeff discusses how old SEO signals have become table stakes. Show Notes

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•  Jeff Baker: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Jason Shafton, Founder and CEO of Winston Francois, delves into SEO for growth marketing. Measuring SEO’s effectiveness can be a challenge for growth marketers. Unlike other marketing channels with clear-cut key performance indicators (KPIs), SEO's impact is multifaceted and its results often require patience and time to bear fruit. Today Jason discusses the best ways to effectively measure SEO. 

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• Jason Shafton: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Jason Shafton, Founder and CEO of Winston Francois, delves into SEO for growth marketing. Effective growth marketing strategies leverage multiple channels, and SEO and content marketing are two levers that growth marketers can pull to achieve scale. However, understanding SEO's unique qualities is key to leveraging its potential. Today Jason discusses five things growth marketers need to understand about SEO.

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• Jason Shafton: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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